Social Media Marketing: A New Business Prime Mover

What Is Social Media Marketing?

Almost half of more than 2 billion people who regularly use the internet are addicted to Facebook. Using the social media outlets like this one has been a recent phenomenon, interlinking people through a cyberspace process. And this is the main reason why businessmen should consider social media marketing as a new prime mover of their business for them to hit ‘profit.’

Social media marketing is a process giving multiple benefits to business owners by way of using Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google +, LinkedIn or Tumblr Accounts to promote brands of products and services. People are very much aware of these social media channels. For this reason, the business owners can expect an incredible increase of their sales volume that is denoting income.

Comparing it to the conventional way of promoting business brands, i.e. the use of televisions or radios, this newly-discovered method is more powerful in one way or another due to several factors such as:

The first factor talks about the spatial aspect. Applying this technique does not put limitation on where should and where should not. There is no delineated and surveyed market territory where a particular business is only allowed to operate. The main medium is the internet and it penetrates almost every geographical line of the four hemispheres of the world.

The second factor emphasizes quantity. Try to imagine that in a traditional way of promotion, let say TV, it is only feasible to tap those people in a certain locality who are watching the primetime show with the advertisement of this product during commercial breaks. The difference now is that, it might be more doable to persuade more people simultaneously about particular brands through the social networking sites.

The third factor implies ‘money’ used in the promotion. Paying television networks needs big additional capital. However, opening a Facebook page is free. What is important is to learn about the dynamics of this promotional technique. In fact, there are people who are earning by opening a simple online store in FB.

The last factor elucidates time. Simultaneous action is indicated in this methodological application. Try to imagine that it is possible to have a lot of social media accounts. And instantaneously, it is probable to promote products and services using those accounts.

It is quite simple to analyse. The factors being considered are place, people, capital and time. No businessman will tend to neglect these aspects. They are the known as the business pillars. With the presence of social media networks, generating what a businessman calls ‘profit’ has a greater feasibility. Social media serve as the new prime mover of business.